A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 619-641

  Luo, Yunlong ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Nghiem, Long Duc ^b   Hai, Faisal Ibney ^b   Zhang, Jian ^c   Liang, Shuang ^c   Wang, Xiaochang C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced treatment; Fate; Micropollutants; Occurrence; Removal; WWTP

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADVANCED TREATMENT; FATE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; OCCURRENCE; WWTP;

WATER POLLUTION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; ATENOLOL; ATRAZINE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; DRINKING WATER; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GALAXOLIDE; GEMFIBROZIL; GROUND WATER; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NONYLPHENOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE WATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OZONATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; ADVANCED TREATMENT; AERATED SUBMERGED FIXED BED BIOREACTOR; AOP; ASFBBR; BAC; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; CAFO; CAS; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATE SLUDGE; DBP; DEET; DEHP; DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE; DI-BUTYL PHTHALATE; DI-METHYL PHTHALATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DMP; DOM; EDC; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; FATE; FIXED FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE; GAC; GRANULE ACTIVATED CARBON; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; HRT; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; IFAS; K(D); K(H); K(OW); MBBR; MBR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MF; MICROFILTRATION; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR; N,N-DIETHYL-META-TOLUAMIDE; NANOFILTRATION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NF; NOM; NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG; NSAID; OCCURRENCE; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PAC; PCP; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PK(A); PNEC; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PPCP; PREDICTED NO EFFECT CONCENTRATION; REMOVAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RO; SANMBR; SBBGR; SEQUENCING BATCH BIOFILTER GRANULAR REACTOR; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLID-WATER DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; SRT; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; TCEP; TCPP; TRIS(1-CHLORO-2-PROPYL) PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE; UF; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WWTP;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891689980     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.065     Document Type: Review

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